English Standard Version
Mark 14:11
11And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
Mark 14:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
- New International Version (NIV)They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They were delighted when they heard why he had come, and they promised to give him money. So he began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
Context of Mark 14:11
9And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her." 10Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him. 12And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?" 13And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him,
Read all of Mark 14Mark 14:11 word by word
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες ἐχάρησαν καὶ ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ ἀργύριον δοῦναι· καὶ ἐζήτει πῶς αὐτὸν εὐκαίρως παραδοῖ.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- when theyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- they were gladχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- promisedἐπαγγέλλωepaggellō · to professG1861
- to giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- moneyἀργύριονargurion · moneyG694
- he soughtζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
- howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
- he mightπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
- convenientlyεὐκαίρωςeukairōs · well timedG2122
Cross-references for Mark 14:11
- Hosea 7:3By their evil they make the king glad, and the princes by their treachery.
- Luke 22:5And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.
- 1 Kings 21:20Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 2 Kings 5:26But he said to him, "Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants?
- Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
- Proverbs 28:21To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
- Matthew 26:15and said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.
- 1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
- 2 Peter 2:14They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!
- Jude 1:11Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error and perished in Korah's rebellion.
Commentaries on Mark 14:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They were glad - The joy that arises from the opportunity of murdering an innocent person must be completely infernal.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 See this passage explained in the notes at Mark 14:1 And of unleavened bread - So called because at that feast no other bread was used but that which had been made without leaven or yeast. By craft - By subtlety (Matthew); that is, by some secret plan that would secure possession of him without exciting the opposition of the people. Mark 14:3 Ointment - This word does not convey quite the proper meaning. This was a perfume. It was used only to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11In clear contrast to the woman who anointed Jesus with perfume, Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve disciples, offered to betray Jesus for money (Matthew 26:15; 27:3, 9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money--Matthew alone records the precise sum, because a remarkable and complicated prophecy, which he was afterwards to refer to, was fulfilled by it. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him--or, as more fully given in Luke (Lu 22:6), "And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray Him unto them in the absence of the multitude." That he should avoid an "uproar" or "riot"…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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